In the debate about “Medicare for all,” what is known about the consequences – intended and unintended – of instituting publicly funded health care? For approximately 750,000 Americans currently with advanced kidney failure, Medicare funding has been in place for nearly fifty years. In 1972 – seven years after passage of the original legislation – …
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The Republican War on the VA
The New York Times reports today that the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to transfer billions of dollars from veterans’ hospitals to private health care providers, initiating “the biggest transformation of the veterans’ medical system in a generation.” The NY Times piece goes on: “If put into effect, the proposed rules — many of whose …